December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1970:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

1962:
Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

1852:
Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.

1805:
French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.

1804:
At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned as the first Emperor of France in a thousand years.